Drawing grid lines to show vertical position of text











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I have text where I want to adjust the space above the first line. I want to overlay grid lines to show where the vertical position of the text is.



The MWE below with the following line commented is the standard output. The red horizontal lines are integer multiples of baselineskip from the top.



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



However, if I uncomment this line (which applies the DesiredTopSkip, which is set to 0pt here), I obtain the following:



defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



Note that the baseline now is exactly on the line.



Question:



What am I missing that would explain this discrepancy in the two cases and how do I get both cases to properly display the baseline?



Note:




  • In case anyone is curious as to why I want to do this: These lines are then used to compute the parshape parameters based on where these lines intersect the particular shape.


References:




  • Why does vspace*{0pt} add vertical space?.


  • Confused with TeX terminology: height, depth, width



Code:



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}
documentclass{article}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{tikz}

usepackage[paperwidth=7.0cm]{geometry}

newcommand*{DesiredTopSkip}{0pt}

newcommand*{ShowTextGuideLines}[1]{%
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
coordinate (X) at ([
xshift=1.0in+hoffset+oddsidemargin,
yshift=-1.0in-voffset-topmargin-headheight-headsep%
]current page.north west);

node [draw=red, fill=yellow] at (X) {X};%% DEBUGGING: Ensure (X) is the correct spot.

foreach X in {1, ..., #1} {%
draw [thin, red] ([yshift=-Xbaselineskip-DesiredTopSkip]X) -- ++ (hsize,0);
}%
end{tikzpicture}%
}%

begin{document}
ifdefinedIncludeDesiredTopSkip
%% See comments in https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7676/4301
hbox{}kern-topskip%
vspace*{DesiredTopSkip}%
fi
First line. abcdefghij
par
Second line. abcdefghij
ShowTextGuideLines{3}
end{document}









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  • But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
    – Ulrike Fischer
    38 mins ago















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I have text where I want to adjust the space above the first line. I want to overlay grid lines to show where the vertical position of the text is.



The MWE below with the following line commented is the standard output. The red horizontal lines are integer multiples of baselineskip from the top.



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



However, if I uncomment this line (which applies the DesiredTopSkip, which is set to 0pt here), I obtain the following:



defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



Note that the baseline now is exactly on the line.



Question:



What am I missing that would explain this discrepancy in the two cases and how do I get both cases to properly display the baseline?



Note:




  • In case anyone is curious as to why I want to do this: These lines are then used to compute the parshape parameters based on where these lines intersect the particular shape.


References:




  • Why does vspace*{0pt} add vertical space?.


  • Confused with TeX terminology: height, depth, width



Code:



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}
documentclass{article}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{tikz}

usepackage[paperwidth=7.0cm]{geometry}

newcommand*{DesiredTopSkip}{0pt}

newcommand*{ShowTextGuideLines}[1]{%
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
coordinate (X) at ([
xshift=1.0in+hoffset+oddsidemargin,
yshift=-1.0in-voffset-topmargin-headheight-headsep%
]current page.north west);

node [draw=red, fill=yellow] at (X) {X};%% DEBUGGING: Ensure (X) is the correct spot.

foreach X in {1, ..., #1} {%
draw [thin, red] ([yshift=-Xbaselineskip-DesiredTopSkip]X) -- ++ (hsize,0);
}%
end{tikzpicture}%
}%

begin{document}
ifdefinedIncludeDesiredTopSkip
%% See comments in https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7676/4301
hbox{}kern-topskip%
vspace*{DesiredTopSkip}%
fi
First line. abcdefghij
par
Second line. abcdefghij
ShowTextGuideLines{3}
end{document}









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  • But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
    – Ulrike Fischer
    38 mins ago













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up vote
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I have text where I want to adjust the space above the first line. I want to overlay grid lines to show where the vertical position of the text is.



The MWE below with the following line commented is the standard output. The red horizontal lines are integer multiples of baselineskip from the top.



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



However, if I uncomment this line (which applies the DesiredTopSkip, which is set to 0pt here), I obtain the following:



defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



Note that the baseline now is exactly on the line.



Question:



What am I missing that would explain this discrepancy in the two cases and how do I get both cases to properly display the baseline?



Note:




  • In case anyone is curious as to why I want to do this: These lines are then used to compute the parshape parameters based on where these lines intersect the particular shape.


References:




  • Why does vspace*{0pt} add vertical space?.


  • Confused with TeX terminology: height, depth, width



Code:



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}
documentclass{article}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{tikz}

usepackage[paperwidth=7.0cm]{geometry}

newcommand*{DesiredTopSkip}{0pt}

newcommand*{ShowTextGuideLines}[1]{%
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
coordinate (X) at ([
xshift=1.0in+hoffset+oddsidemargin,
yshift=-1.0in-voffset-topmargin-headheight-headsep%
]current page.north west);

node [draw=red, fill=yellow] at (X) {X};%% DEBUGGING: Ensure (X) is the correct spot.

foreach X in {1, ..., #1} {%
draw [thin, red] ([yshift=-Xbaselineskip-DesiredTopSkip]X) -- ++ (hsize,0);
}%
end{tikzpicture}%
}%

begin{document}
ifdefinedIncludeDesiredTopSkip
%% See comments in https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7676/4301
hbox{}kern-topskip%
vspace*{DesiredTopSkip}%
fi
First line. abcdefghij
par
Second line. abcdefghij
ShowTextGuideLines{3}
end{document}









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I have text where I want to adjust the space above the first line. I want to overlay grid lines to show where the vertical position of the text is.



The MWE below with the following line commented is the standard output. The red horizontal lines are integer multiples of baselineskip from the top.



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



However, if I uncomment this line (which applies the DesiredTopSkip, which is set to 0pt here), I obtain the following:



defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}


enter image description here



Note that the baseline now is exactly on the line.



Question:



What am I missing that would explain this discrepancy in the two cases and how do I get both cases to properly display the baseline?



Note:




  • In case anyone is curious as to why I want to do this: These lines are then used to compute the parshape parameters based on where these lines intersect the particular shape.


References:




  • Why does vspace*{0pt} add vertical space?.


  • Confused with TeX terminology: height, depth, width



Code:



%defIncludeDesiredTopSkip{}
documentclass{article}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{tikz}

usepackage[paperwidth=7.0cm]{geometry}

newcommand*{DesiredTopSkip}{0pt}

newcommand*{ShowTextGuideLines}[1]{%
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
coordinate (X) at ([
xshift=1.0in+hoffset+oddsidemargin,
yshift=-1.0in-voffset-topmargin-headheight-headsep%
]current page.north west);

node [draw=red, fill=yellow] at (X) {X};%% DEBUGGING: Ensure (X) is the correct spot.

foreach X in {1, ..., #1} {%
draw [thin, red] ([yshift=-Xbaselineskip-DesiredTopSkip]X) -- ++ (hsize,0);
}%
end{tikzpicture}%
}%

begin{document}
ifdefinedIncludeDesiredTopSkip
%% See comments in https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7676/4301
hbox{}kern-topskip%
vspace*{DesiredTopSkip}%
fi
First line. abcdefghij
par
Second line. abcdefghij
ShowTextGuideLines{3}
end{document}






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  • But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
    – Ulrike Fischer
    38 mins ago


















  • But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
    – Ulrike Fischer
    38 mins ago
















But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
– Ulrike Fischer
38 mins ago




But you already know that the problem is topskip: The first line is not at a distance of baselineskip (12pt) from the x but of topskip (10pt if there is nothing large in the line).
– Ulrike Fischer
38 mins ago















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